Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . f linearshape ; the main-stalk frequently very markedly winged. Van Memmingeri.—Leaves pale greenish or greyish, yellow when theyfirst expand. Of no merit. Van PR/ECOX.—A form which breaks into leaf and flower ten to fourteendays in advance of the ordinary form. Where late spring frosts frequentlycause damage, this form is to be avoided. There are two large trees at Kew, Van PVKAMIDALIS.—Branches growing upwards at an angle of 45^10 themain stem. This would probably be useful as a street tree, and avoid to alarge extent the drastic prOning so ofte
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . f linearshape ; the main-stalk frequently very markedly winged. Van Memmingeri.—Leaves pale greenish or greyish, yellow when theyfirst expand. Of no merit. Van PR/ECOX.—A form which breaks into leaf and flower ten to fourteendays in advance of the ordinary form. Where late spring frosts frequentlycause damage, this form is to be avoided. There are two large trees at Kew, Van PVKAMIDALIS.—Branches growing upwards at an angle of 45^10 themain stem. This would probably be useful as a street tree, and avoid to alarge extent the drastic prOning so often practised to keep the ordinary foimwithin bounds. Var. UMliRACUElFERA forms a low, dense, rounded head of fine example is in the nursery of Messrs Simon-Louis at Mclz. ^SCULUS 171 JE. INDICA, Colehrooke. INDIAN HORSE-CIIESTNUT. (Bot. Mag., I. 5117 ; P:ivi;i indicu, Wallich.)A tree attaining a height of over 100 ft. in N. India, often with a short, cnonnously thick tnink, the bark in old speciinens peeling off in long iflaCULUS INDICA. Nvinterbuds Leaves composed of usually seven leaflets, wlc aresmooth on both suifaces, shining dark green above ; oboyate to >^7 *^;^ ; J .^central ones much the largest, sometnnes 12 ins. long, and 4 >s. wide , loullicu. 172 .ESCULUS Panicles erect, cylindrical, up to 12 or even 16 ins. loni;, and 4 or 5 ins. i in, long, white ; petals four, the upper and longer pair with a blotch ofyellow and red at the base, the shorter pair flushed with pale rose ; stamensstanding out 4 in. beyond the petals. Fruit rough, but not spiny, 2 to 3 Native of the Himalaya. One of the most magnificent of alltemperate trees, and equalling the common horse-chestnut in size and beauty,it is remarkable that this species is so little known in English gardens andparks. Judging by the young trees at Kew, which survived the winter of1894-95 without injury, and the fine example at Barton in Suffolk, now ab
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